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Hey guys, im doing my rb26 timing belt for the first time and have few questions.

Ive removed the 30mm crank pulley bolt, on the crank pulley itself i see alot of notches(one is orange), i was told the orange one is when your crank is TDC(when lined up with the crank pulley bottom cover timing mark)?..... Anyway, ive been reading a couple of good guides...what i want to know is once i remove the bottom cover (the crank pulley cover), will there be a notch i need to line up?if yes, whats the purpose of the nothes on the crank pulley itself (if the main one is behind the cover), is it just to make 100% sure that when the crank pulley is back on, that your crank is align 100%?

Im a bit confused on this one thats all.

Edited by r33turb

mate, I try not to be a dick about this, but did you even look for this info? we did it yesterday in this very same forum

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Qu...me-t202329.html

Thanks, so ill have to remove the balancer, and the cover to get access to the timing gear? So would it be safe to say i can setup all the timing with the cover off, and once timing is lined up with the bottom, and 2 cam gears, i can place cover back on and rotate the balancer to get the ignition timing correct(as by this stage my main timing will be spot on),.....am i on the right track here?

thanks!, im going to be doing tommorow

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